Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:05:02 -0500 From: "nw1" <network101@covad.net> To: "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable-- Message-ID: <00a101c3a306$8cde0e40$0300a8c0@install> References: <20031104003834.45540.qmail@web14609.mail.yahoo.com><000e01c3a26e$a5024ec0$0300a8c0@install> <oprx3ebfhn0cf2rk@mail.messagingengine.com> <003e01c3a281$1fdb6a20$0300a8c0@install> <oprx305vyl0cf2rk@mail.messagingengine.com>
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Jud, Annotated below ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: "nw1" <network101@covad.net>; "peter lageotakes" <plageotakes@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:06 AM Subject: Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable-- > On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 22:09:56 -0500, nw1 <network101@covad.net> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> > > To: "nw1" <network101@covad.net>; "peter lageotakes" > > <plageotakes@yahoo.com> > > Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 9:53 PM > > Subject: Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables > > notavailable-- > > > > > >> On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 19:57:38 -0500, nw1 <network101@covad.net> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > > >> >> What version of FreeBSD are you using? > >> >> Did you compile amp into the kernel? > >> > > >> > I think you're not understanding what I posted @ > >> > http://69.3.136.141/freebsd/installation/sysctl_variables_missing > >> > > >> > The first line has what version I'm running. The entire document @ > >> > http://69.3.136.141/freebsd/installation/sysctl_variables_missing > >> > implies; this was a > >> > running system with no serious issues; meaning; the sysctl items I'm > >> > speaking of were in > >> > fact available and working. > >> > > >> > If i can figure out how to make these sysctl variables available, I > >> can > >> > set them like they > >> > were before, hence my overheating problem is solved. > >> > > >> > See what I mean? > >> > > >> >> > >> >> --- nw1 <network101@covad.net> wrote: > >> >> > The problem can be viewed @: > >> >> > > >> >> http://69.3.136.141/freebsd/installation/sysctl_variables_missing > >> >> > > >> >> > Basically, the machine is overheating (I believe) > >> >> > because the cpu's aren't cycling down. > >> >> > Previously I was able to cycle the processors down > >> >> > with the following sysctl variables: > >> >> > > >> >> > machdep.apm_suspend_delay: > >> >> > machdep.apm_standby_delay: > >> >> > > >> >> > however, for some reason those variables currently, > >> >> > aren't any where to be found by the > >> >> > up_and_running system. Please use the hyperlink > >> >> > above for details. > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks for reading. All feedback is welcome. > >> > >> You may want to have a look at /usr/ports/sysutils/fvcool. (If you'd > >> like > >> a script to run it on startup, Dr. Matthew Seaman posted one to the > >> mailing list some months ago - January?) > > [Please don't top post - makes reading long threads more difficult.] > > > I'm interested in those missing sysctl variables I posted @ > > http://69.3.136.141/freebsd/installation/sysctl_variables_missing. > > Using a Third party > > application/script to fix something that was natively working or under > > control, I don't > > think, is the way to go and causes another level of complexity. > > > > Wouldn't you think? > > Ah - I thought you were interested in effectively and easily lowering your > AMD CPU temperatures by 10-20 degrees Celsius, rather than in getting help > searching for sysctl variables that had been more or less effective for > you in the past. > > BTW, if you wish to do "natively" what the fvcool "port" does, the > technical documentation at fvcool's site goes some way toward explaining > that. > > Sorry, my mistake. No problem, I am interested in any and all *sane/reasonable feedback. I haven't been to much a fan of using third party applications to fix something the original code or hardware should be able to handle. Thanks for your input. > > Jud >
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